Everyday language & everyday life
By: Richard Hoggart.
Publisher: Transaction
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: English language -- Spoken English -- England.; Aphorisms and apothegms -- History and criticism.; English language -- Social aspects -- England.; Proverbs, English -- History and criticism.; English language -- Variation -- England.; English language -- England -- Idioms.; English language -- England -- Usage.; Working class -- England -- Language.; Speech and social status -- England.; Maxims -- History and criticism.; Figures of speech.; England -- Social life and customs.
Other titles: Everyday language and everyday life
Description: "Hoggart identifies the sayings and special nuances of the English working-class people that have made them identifiable as such, from the rude and obscene to the intellectual and imaginative. Hoggart also examines the areas of tolerance, local morality, and public morality, elaborating on current usage of words that have evolved from the fourteen through the eighteenth centuries. He touches on religion, superstition, and time, the beliefs that animate language.

And finally, he focuses on aphorisms and social change and the emerging idioms of relativism, concluding that many early adages still in use seem to refuse to die." "With inimitable verve and humor, Hoggart offers adages, apothegms, epigrams and the like in this colorful examination drawn from the national pool and the common culture. This volume will interest scholars and general readers interested in culture studies, communications, and education."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.